Gorillaz continued their The Mountain tour with a show at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool featuring 23 songs.
The Damon Albarn-fronted group took to the stage last night (March 29) for their penultimate UK show. The band will now perform a show in Belfast, Northern Ireland on March 31 and a date at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on April 1. A second show at the 3Arena is set for April 2 before a month-long break for the band. Gorillaz will perform in a series of headline European festival slots later this year, before touring North and South America. The band’s show in Liverpool is the first on The Mountain tour to not debut a new song or deep cut track from the band’s history.
A full setlist for the M&S Bank Arena performance can be found below.
- The Mountain
- The Happy Dictator
- Tranz
- Tomorrow Comes Today
- 19-2000
- The Moon Cave
- El Mañana
- On Melancholy Hill
- The Empty Dream Machine
- Cloud of Unknowing
- Delirium
- Andromeda
- Stylo (with Yasiin Bey)
- Damascus (with Yasiin Bey)
- Kids With Guns (with Michelle Ndegwa)
- Dirty Harry (with Bootie Brown)
- The Shadowy Light
- The Sad God
- The Hardest Thing
- Orange County (with Kara Jackson)
- The Manifesto (with Trueno)
- Feel Good Inc. (with Posdnuos)
- Clint Eastwood (with Sweetie Irie)
The tour is set to continue the rest of the year, with dates in Leeds, London, and European festivals set to follow. Gorillaz will also embark on a tour of North and South America later this year.
A full tour of the UK is set to take place, including two dates at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena and a summer show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Sparks will open the show. A full list of shows can be found below.
- March 20 – Co-op Live Arena, Manchester
- March 21 – Co-op Live Arena, Manchester
- March 22 – BP Pulse Live, Birmingham
- March 24 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
- March 25 – First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds
- March 27 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
- March 28 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
- March 29 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
- March 31 – The SSE Arena, Belfast
- April 1 – 3Arena, Dublin
- April 2 – 3Arena, Dublin
- June 20 – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
Further dates, including a headline set at Primavera Sound Barcelona and Rock for People, will also take place this summer. The tour is set to conclude on December 3 in Santiago, Chile. In a five-star review of the album, Cult Following described The Mountain as a return to form for the Albarn-fronted group, who made the most of archival tapes and fresh collaborations.
The review reads: “Albarn is keen to curate, and The Mountain is the most successful example of that for him to date. From posthumous appearances which feel like worthy inclusions to the sharp writing style Albarn has brought to this round of Gorillaz songs, it’s hard to feel like The Mountain is anything but a borderline masterstroke.”
